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Frankie, Bobby and Ashley talk about going out tonight (or not) and enjoying all the food tomorrow. Happy Thanksgiving from Club Muddy!
Read Full Article HANNIBAL, Mo. — After nearly four years leading the Hannibal Regional Economic Development Council (HREDC), Corey Mehaffy is taking a new job in the private sector. The HREDC made the announcement in a press release Wednesday morning. “Corey not only breathed life into our organization, but he built HREDC into a nationally recognized economic development…
Read Full Article QUINCY — The Quincy School Board approved its tentative 2022 $42.873 tax levy Tuesday. The Board will have a public hearing on the levy at its December 14 board meeting and will consider at tax rate of $3.93, down from the previous year’s rate of $3.99. Adams County estimates the taxes for 2022-23 will have…
Read Full Article QUINCY — Five people filed petitions to run for alderman on the first day of filing at Quincy City Hall. One contested race is already shaping up as incumbent Patty Maples (D-6th Ward) is getting a challenge from Republican Jake Reed. Maples is running for her first full term after being appointed in May following…
Read Full Article QUINCY — Locally-owned Celltech Electronics made two donations totaling $3,100 via checks for $1550.00 each to QMG Foundation Oncology Patient Assistance Fund and to theBlessing Breast Center. The donation checks were presented on Friday, November 18 as the conclusion of Celltech’s October 2022 CARES campaign, anchored around a custom-designed t-shirt whose graphic featured the traditional…
Read Full Article The blue wave that crashed in Illinois two weeks ago really wasn’t a surprise to anyone who pays attention to Illinois politics. Now the leaders and members of the state’s Republican party need to have some tough discussions. Because what they’ve been doing isn’t working. Talking about seceding or creating “New Illinois” is a fool’s…
Read Full Article Frankie, Bobby and Ashley talk about what men can and can’t say or wear and about a possible replay of the 2020 presidential race with the same two old dudes (please no).
Read Full Article QUINCY — Amtrak today has announced that morning train service between Quincy and Chicago has been suspended through Jan. 16. Amtrak trains 381 leaving Chicago at 7:35 a.m. and 380 leaving Quincy at 6:12 a.m. are canceled until mid-January. Amtrak is notifying customers who purchased tickets for those trains that buses will be used for…
Read Full Article The Community Foundation of the Quincy Area serving West-Central Illinois and Northeast Missouri is celebrating its 25th anniversary on Thursday with a celebration at the Quincy Country Club. Community Foundation CEO Catherine Meckes talks about the important work the foundation does to help charities and other non-profits. Harvey’s Furniture sponsors Muddy River News This Week.
Read Full Article QUINCY — The Adams County Board passed a nearly $57 million budget Tuesday night that will use carry-over funds from the current fiscal year to balance. In the final County Board meeting of the current fiscal year, the County’s new budget year begins Dec. 1, the budget passed by an 18-1 vote, with John Brady…
Read Full Article SPRINGFIELD — Illinois House Minority Leader Jim Durkin is stepping away from his leadership position heading into next year. “It has been the honor of a lifetime to serve as Leader of the House Republican caucus, but it’s time for the Illinois Republican Party to rebuild with new leaders who can bring independents back to…
Read Full Article Frankie and Bobby discuss the election and its fallout. Ashley was invited, but she had a previous engagement (she was working her day job that pays far better than Muddy River News, LLC).
Read Full Article Here are the links to the county-by-county results: ADAMS COUNTY
Read Full Article After Congresswoman Mary Miller basically moved to Quincy during the run up to her overwhelming Republican primary win over Rodney Davis, she didn’t make it to Adams County much after that. Turns out, she didn’t need to. Miller has been declared the winner of the 15th District Congressional seat over Paul Lange of Mendon. With…
Read Full Article QUINCY — A Republican slate that generated very little enthusiasm statewide except for remote pockets in Illinois was washed away by a blue wave Tuesday night. Governor JB Pritzker had more than 55 percent of the vote over Republican State Senator Darren Bailey, who called the governor to concede before 10 p.m. All of the statewide…
Read Full Article QUINCY — Harrison Street is closed Tuesday morning following an early morning accident. Quincy Police report a westbound car near 14th and Harrison went off the road and struck a pole near the Town and Country Bank branch and Hy-Vee about 2:30 Tuesday morning. The car flipped and the driver had to be removed by first…
Read Full Article You wouldn’t think it would be so difficult to get to Evanston, Ill., right? Well, Bobby reminds Frankie and Ashley that Quincy is really an out-of-the-way place, sometimes.
Read Full Article Now that we have stopped accepting “Letters to the Editor” regarding Nov. 8 ballot issues, I would like to add one other item. Muddy River News does not endorse political candidates. While I have worked for organizations in the past who have immersed themselves in this process (mostly in an attempt to curry favor for…
Read Full Article Ashley, Frankie and Bobby talk about the Pope’s warning to priests and nuns about the dangers of watching pornography online, saying it “weakens the priestly heart”. Pornography, he said, was “a vice that so many people have… even priests and nuns”.
Read Full Article QUINCY — The U.S. Department of Transportation has approved the recommendation for Southern Airways Express to be the new commercial airline to service Quincy Regional Airport. Southern will begin service out of Baldwin Field on December 1 and will provide 18 roundtrip flights per week to O’Hare International Airport and St. Louis Lambert International Airport,…
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